textiles Experts

Lorynn Divita, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Apparel Design and MerchandisingBaylor University

Leading fashion researcher who focuses on fashion forecasting, trend contagion & textile, apparel & retail industry topics

Reuben F. Burch V

Vice Provost of ResearchTexas Christian University

Dr. Burch has extensive experience in fostering collaborations, securing funding, and managing research priorities and infrastructure.

Vince Rozario

CuratorMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Vince Rozario is an curator focusing on issues of decolonizing the canon, multiple modernities, queer diasporas, and transnational futures.

Lewis Perkins

Sustainability StrategistNew House LLC

Engaging Social and Environmental Responsibility Speaker

Beth Myers

Department Chair, Associate Professor of Fashion Merchandising & Apparel DesignGeorgia Southern University

Beth Myers works to find relationships between brands, consumers and the apparel they purchase.

Alicia Boutilier

Curator of Canadian Historical Art / Adjunct Professor Agnes Etherington Art Centre / Queen's University

Alicia's research is focused on Canadian art history, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and histories of Canadian art collecting

Julia DeLancey

Professor of Art HistoryUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. DeLancey is an expert in the art history of early modern Italy, 15th & 16th century Italian painting, history of art in Venice & more

Liz Gerds

Costume Shop AssistantLoyola Marymount University

Michael Hess

CEO/FounderSkooba Design

Founder/CEO Skooba Design, CBS/Business Writer, Speaker

Kyle Berner

FounderFeelgoodz

Kyle Berner is the founder of Feelgoodz, a travel-inspired lifestyle brand that produces casual footwear and accessories.